Stealing The News – When Bloggers Become Plagiarists
Journalism is under fire from all directions. Newspapers are losing circulation and shuting down. Reporters are getting laid off. Profits are bad, and the Internet has turned the news into a commodity.
Add to the list of growing problems: plagiarism.
Most journalists used to think that bloggers were nothing but plagiarist; taking their reporting and rewriting a [...]
Free “Journalism Bootcamp” for St. Louis Area Journalism Students
The St. Louis chapter of the Society for Professional Journalist is hosting a “Journalism Bootcamp” on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the SUIE Saint Louis University campus. Registration is over in a few days, so hurry up if you are interested.
Seminars offered during the boot camp include:
• Covering Higher Education (Kavita Kumar—St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
• Writing Killer [...]
St. Louis Globe-Democrat may harm your computer
The announcement that the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a newspaper that folded in the ’80s, would be revived in an online-only format was greeted with a bit of enthusiasm by people like myself (future unemployed journalists). A new outlet and possible place to freelance, I thought. Plus, the guy in charge, Dan Rositano, is the owner [...]
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